Popular culture references to
Marrakech
Marrakesh or Marrakech ( or ; ar, مراكش, murrākuš, ; ber, ⵎⵕⵕⴰⴽⵛ, translit=mṛṛakc}) is the fourth largest city in the Kingdom of Morocco. It is one of the four Imperial cities of Morocco and is the capital of the Marrakes ...
,
Morocco:
* ''
Our Man in Marrakesh
''Our Man in Marrakesh'' (released in North America as ''Bang! Bang! You're Dead!'') is a 1966 British comedy spy film shot in Morocco produced and co-written by Harry Alan Towers, directed by Don Sharp and starring Tony Randall, Herbert Lom and ...
,'' which was released in North America as ''Bang! Bang! You're Dead!'', is a
1966
Events January
* January 1 – In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa takes over as military ruler of the Central African Republic, ousting President David Dacko.
* January 3 – 1966 Upper Voltan coup d'état: President Maurice Yaméogo i ...
British
comedy film directed by
Don Sharp, which starred
Tony Randall
Anthony Leonard Randall (born Aryeh Leonard Rosenberg; February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was an American actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play ''The Odd Couple'' by Neil Sim ...
and
Senta Berger. It is an excellent guide to the tourist sites.
*
"Marrakech" is a song by
ATB
André Tanneberger (; born 26 February 1973), better known by his stage name ATB, is a German DJ, musician, and producer of trance music. According to the official world DJ rankings governed by ''DJ Magazine'', ATB was ranked No. 11 in 2009 and ...
on the album ''
No Silence''.
*"Marrakech" is a 2015 song by Israeli singer
Riff Cohen
Riff Cohen ( he, ריף כהן; born on March 23, 1984) is an Israeli singer-songwriter, actress, and musician who performs songs in Hebrew, French and Arabic.
Biography
Riff Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to a Tunisian-Jewish father and a ...
.
*"
Marakesh (band)", is a Ukrainian alternative rock band.
*"
Marrakesh Express" is a song by
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) were a folk rock supergroup made up of American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and English singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young as a fourth member, ...
on their first album, released in May 1969.
*''Marrakech Express'' is a 1989 Italian film directed by
Gabriele Salvatores.
*
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
filmed the opening scenes of ''
The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956) on location in Marrakesh with
Doris Day
Doris Day (born Doris Mary Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922 – May 13, 2019) was an American actress, singer, and activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, " Sent ...
and
James Stewart
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military pilot. Known for his distinctive drawl and everyman screen persona, Stewart's film career spanned 80 films from 1935 to 1991. With the strong morality h ...
.
*The book ''
Hideous Kinky
''Hideous Kinky'' is an autobiographical novel by Esther Freud, daughter of British painter Lucian Freud and Bernardine Coverley and great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. It depicts the author's unconventional childhood in Morocco with her mothe ...
,'' as well as its movie adaptation, are for a large part situated in Marrakesh in the early 1970s.
*"Marrakech" is a title of a chapter, as well as the chapter's main setting, in
James Michener's 1971 novel ''
The Drifters.''
*"Going to Marrakech" is a song written by
The Extra Glenns''s album ''
Martial Arts Weekend
''Martial Arts Weekend'' is an album by indie-rock band The Extra Glenns, a band made up John Darnielle and Franklin Bruno. The album was released in 2002.
Critical reception
''Pitchfork'' wrote that "after the initial novelty of hearing more th ...
.''
*"Marrakech" is a track from
Hybrid
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** Hybrid grape, grape varieties produced by cross-breeding two ''Vitis'' species
** Hybridity, the property of a hybrid plant which is a union of two dif ...
's 2003 album ''Morning Sci-Fi.''
*"Marrakesh Night Market" is a song from the album ''
The Mask and Mirror,'' recorded and released by
Loreena McKennitt.
*German hip hop band
Ancient Astronauts
Ancient astronauts (or ancient aliens) refers to a pseudoscientific hypothesis which holds that intelligent extraterrestrial beings visited Earth and made contact with humans in antiquity and prehistoric times. Proponents suggest that this ...
released a song titled "Lost in Marrakesh" as part of their 2009 album ''We Are To Answer.''
*The
Venture Bros.
''The Venture Bros.'' is an American adult animation, adult animated action comedy TV series created by Chris McCulloch (also known as "Jackson Publick") for Cartoon Network's late night programming block Adult Swim. Following a pilot episode on ...
episode "
Mid-Life Chrysalis
''The Venture Bros.'' ran for seven seasons. The first three seasons consisted of 13 thirty-minute episodes (including time for commercials), plus the pilot and one 15-minute Christmas special. The fourth season consisted of 15 thirty-minute episo ...
" begins with the team waylaid on their trip to Marrakesh where they are to fight an army of giant mutated lizards.
*The ''
Absolutely Fabulous'' episode "Morocco" takes place in Marrakesh.
*"Marrakesh" is a track from
DJ Greyboy's 2001 album ''Mastered the Art.''
*
Derren Brown transported a subject to Marrakesh without his knowledge or prior warning for episode 1 of the first series of his television show, ''
Trick or Treat,'' which was broadcast in April 2007.
*A map featuring Marrakesh exists for the video game ''
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory.''
*"Marrakech" is a short essay written by
George Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitar ...
and published in 1939.
[Branson, Lindsay]
'Getting to the Point'
''Mercer Street'' via ''nyu.edu'', nd. Discussion and citation of essay. Retrieved 2015-02-22.
*In the
William Gibson short story "
New Rose Hotel
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Plot
The story is set in a futu ...
," the narrator and Fox purchase "an old heroin lab that had been converted to the extraction of pheromones" for the purpose of providing a lab for Hiroshi in the old city of Marrakesh, the
Medina.
*In a segment of ''
The Simpsons'' episode "Treehouse Of Horror 2," Marrakesh is where Homer buys a monkey's paw that grants wishes, based on ''
The Monkey's Paw'' by
W. W. Jacobs
William Wymark Jacobs (8 September 1863 – 1 September 1943) was an English author of short fiction and drama. His best remembered story is "The Monkey's Paw". He was born in Wapping, London, on 8 September 1863, the son of William Gage Jacobs ...
.
*"Marrakesh" is a track by
New Model Army
The New Model Army was a standing army formed in 1645 by the Parliamentarians during the First English Civil War, then disbanded after the Stuart Restoration in 1660. It differed from other armies employed in the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Th ...
from their 1990 album ''
Impurity
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.''
*''"Die Stimmen von Marrakesch,"'' whose title translates as "The voices of Marrakech," is a non-fiction work by Nobel Prize-winning author Elias Canetti, in which he describes his experiences in Marrakesh.
*Marrakesh is the national destination of
Cycle 16 of ''
America's Next Top Model.''
*In the video game ''
Payday 2,'' Bain states that the only place to sell artifacts is Marrakech.
*Marrakesh is the setting of the third episode of the 2016 video game ''
Hitman.''
*
A board game about trading carpets is set in and named after Marrakech
Films set in Marrakech
* 1956 : ''
The Man Who Knew Too Much'' —
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 featur ...
* 1964 : ''
Cent mille dollars au soleil
''Greed in the Sun'' (french: Cent mille dollars au soleil) is a 1964 French-Italian adventure film directed by Henri Verneuil. The film was entered into the 1964 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
The forwarder Castigliano instructs Steiner to drive a ...
'' —
Henri Verneuil
Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International Fi ...
* 1970 : ''
Le Lit de la Vierge'' —
Philippe Garrel
* 1998 : ''
Marrakech Express'' —
Gabriele Salvatores and
Gillies MacKinnon
* 2004 : ''
Abdou chez les Almohades'' —
Said Naciri
Said Naciri (also known as Saeed El Nasry or Saïd Naciri) (born in Casablanca
Casablanca, also known in Arabic as Dar al-Bayda ( ar, الدَّار الْبَيْضَاء, al-Dār al-Bayḍāʾ, ; ber, ⴹⴹⴰⵕⵍⴱⵉⴹⴰ, ḍḍaṛ ...
* 2007 : ''
Kandisha'' —
Jérôme Cohen-Olivar
* 2009 : ''
L'Arnacœur
''Heartbreaker'' (french: L'Arnacœur) is a 2010 French romantic comedy film starring Romain Duris, Vanessa Paradis, Julie Ferrier and François Damiens.
Plot
The bulk of the story takes place in Monaco. Charming attractive Alex ( Romain Dur ...
'' —
Pascal Chaumeil
Pascal Chaumeil (9 February 1961 – 27 August 2015) was a French director and screenwriter. He started out as an assistant director in the 1980s, working with directors such as Pierre Tchernia and Luc Besson. He was nominated for two César ...
* 2010 : ''
Sex and the City 2'' —
Michael Patrick King
* 2010 : ''
La Source des femmes'' —
Radu Mihaileanu
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* 2010 : ''
Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' —
Mike Newell
* 2019 : ''
Men in Black: International'' —
F. Gary Gray
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